Christmas ideas…

Amy has some ideas...

I love this time of year because it opens my eyes to little gifts that are all around, and it makes me feel grateful…that’s how I felt when I ran into this little Facebook posting by one of my favorite island writers, Amy Wynn:

Here’s some holiday traditions, some from my own days, some from friends of mine…

* My friend Rachel’s family gets out the sleeping bags and camp out under the Christmas tree the first night they put it up.

* Get/make a Christmas bank and put loose change in it. Day after Christmas each person guesses how much money is in it, Count it (good math lesson) and the person who is the closest gets to choose an outing to spend the money on… or donate to a good cause together…

*One year when my boys were young, Santa and Mrs. Claus assembled thirty colorful airplanes and gliders from the Toy Box and hung them from my boys’ ceiling. What a surprise on Christmas morning…another year, glow in the dark stars appeared in the night.

*Kids always got to look in their stockings before the folks were awake…bought the parents some more sleep-in time. Santa wisely put beef jerkey and chocolate in the stockings which the kids would use to wave under our noses to wake us sleepy head parents up.

*Kids getting presents from family far away? copy pictures of the person who is giving them the present and put it on the gift…otherwise Santa’s going to get all the credit (or blame if it’s bunny footie pajamas for a ten year old boy!)

*Find a neighborhood with some good lights, park the car, put the little ones in the red wagon and go for a little stroll.

*Go to the beach on Christmas Eve afternoon. Nice to get some fresh air, burn off a little energy. It was really neat the year we found purple starfish on the beach. Magical!

Happy Holidays! and if anyone has ideas for holiday magic with teenage boys, let me know!!!!

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